Fonds contains documents, photographs, photocopies, and maps collected by Arvid Hardin throughout his ten years in Kitimat. Areas of focus include high school life, the Kitimat Army Cadets, and the creation of Hirsch Creek Park, the Kitimat Community Centre, and the Kitimat trail system.
Arvid Hardin (born c. 1941) lived in Kitimat from 1953 to 1963. He graduated from Mount Elizabeth Secondary School in 1959, served as an active member of the Kitimat Army Cadet Corps, and was involved with the creation of Hirsch Creek Provincial Park. Around 2008, he collaborated with E.E. 'Bill' Duyvewaardt and other former Kitimat Cadets to write a 'historical profile' of the Cadets and their activities.
Custodial History
Materials from accession 2009.15 were donated by Arvid Hardin to the Museum on June 10th, 2009.
Materials from accession 2022.18 were donated by Arvid Hardin on May 10th, 2022.
Scope and Content
Fonds contains documents, photographs, photocopies, and maps collected by Arvid Hardin throughout his ten years in Kitimat. Areas of focus include high school life, the Kitimat Army Cadets, and the creation of Hirsch Creek Park, the Kitimat Community Centre, and the Kitimat trail system.
Conservation
Many pages old and yellowing. Staples, paper clips, and other metal fasteners removed from all papers in March & May 2022.
Storage Location
Box 39
Photo storage
Related Material
Artifacts donated by Arvid Hardin include a proclamation (2009.15.6), gazette (2009.15.7), and high school certificate (2009.15.11).
Blanket with map of northwest BC including Kitimat; 4 images of industrial development at Kitimat; logo for JGC Fluor/BC LNG JV, "Safer Together" symbol, and Haisla Nation logo. Very soft, with dark blue background and white reverse.
Blanket with map of northwest BC including Kitimat; 4 images of industrial development at Kitimat; logo for JGC Fluor/BC LNG JV, "Safer Together" symbol, and Haisla Nation logo. Very soft, with dark blue background and white reverse.
Green Canada Unemployment Insurance Commission Insurance Book. For Moses Williams. 1947-1948.
Physical Condition
Fair
Material
paper
Condition Remarks
Cover bending outwards
Width
19cm
Length
10cm
Accession Number
2019.62.13
Biographical Notes
Moses Williams attended the Kitamaat Village Day School, and then the Coqualeetza Residential School until the age of fifteen. Army recruiters conscripted Haisla men into the Canadian Army and Moses went in 1945. He was sent by train to the Canadian Forces' training camp at Maple Creek, Saskatchewan. He never shipped out overseas and the war ended. Moses and his wife Kay married in 1950, shortly after she arrived to teach at Kitamaat. They moved to Terrace in 1964. Moses worked as a carpenter, brick layer and fisherman. His wife Kay taught at Northwest Community College.
Clipping depicts a Provincial Government advertisement on the industrial and commercial opportunities in British Columbia focusing mostly on the natural resources such as forestry, mining, agriculture, fisheries and power.
Clipping depicts a Provincial Government advertisement on the industrial and commercial opportunities in British Columbia focusing mostly on the natural resources such as forestry, mining, agriculture, fisheries and power.
Notes
Clipping origin unknown. District of Kitimat Collection
Elizabeth Anderson Varley, author of 'Kitimat My Valley' was born and raised in the Kitimat Valley. The book is a memoire of her life and the life of her family members, during the tenure as missionairies and ranchers in the area.
Custodial History
Obtained directly from Elizabeth Varley
Scope and Content
Textual records consisting of typewritten and handwritten notes pertaining to the creation of the book Kitimat My Valley.
62 photographs of the Anderson family, other early settlers and missionaries, and Haisla people, 1878-1947.
Each has a string holding hook in place. Some sinew used this hook is slightly sprung. The hooks have been rubbed with spruce gum and hemlock boughs to hide scent of humans.
1-Sinew bound, string beneath. Sinew-halibut hook Dimensions: 18cm long at longest point. 6 1/2 cm at widest point Condition: rusted but good condition
2-String holding hook projection in place. Some sinew is used on this hook. Dimensions: 16 cm at longest point, 6 1/2 cm at widest point Condition: hook is slightly sprung, also rusted-string intact, some sinew has fallen off
Each has a string holding hook in place. Some sinew used this hook is slightly sprung. The hooks have been rubbed with spruce gum and hemlock boughs to hide scent of humans.
1-Sinew bound, string beneath. Sinew-halibut hook Dimensions: 18cm long at longest point. 6 1/2 cm at widest point Condition: rusted but good condition
2-String holding hook projection in place. Some sinew is used on this hook. Dimensions: 16 cm at longest point, 6 1/2 cm at widest point Condition: hook is slightly sprung, also rusted-string intact, some sinew has fallen off
Two letter openers, one green and one white, with text advertising Drs. Gottschling & Stevenson's Dentist Office in Kitimat. Logo with cartoon teeth squeezing toothpaste from a tube onto a toothbrush. Letter openers are roughly ovalesque in shape with a protruding pointed part at the bottom and a metal blade contained at the junction of this part and the 'body' of the object.
Two letter openers, one green and one white, with text advertising Drs. Gottschling & Stevenson's Dentist Office in Kitimat. Logo with cartoon teeth squeezing toothpaste from a tube onto a toothbrush. Letter openers are roughly ovalesque in shape with a protruding pointed part at the bottom and a metal blade contained at the junction of this part and the 'body' of the object.
Physical Condition
Good
Material
plastic
metal
Condition Remarks
General wear and tear. White letter opener has some bluish (ink?) stains on the backside.
Two identical pens with the name and phone number of Drs. Gottschling & Stevenson's Dentist Office on the side. The body of the pen is a dark teal in colour; the text is white, the rubber grip is black, and all other parts are silver/grey. The clips of the pens are zigzag-shaped and end in a ball.
Two identical pens with the name and phone number of Drs. Gottschling & Stevenson's Dentist Office on the side. The body of the pen is a dark teal in colour; the text is white, the rubber grip is black, and all other parts are silver/grey. The clips of the pens are zigzag-shaped and end in a ball.
James 'Jim' Smythe served as Kitimat's first RCMP officer from March 1952 to September 1953. This photo was taken early in his police career, likely in Manitoba or Saskatchewan.
Scope and Content
Portrait of RCMP officer James Norman Smythe in his uniform and hat.
